School Years

A few months ago, my 10-year-old daughter came home from school and said, “Mom, today at school, a girl told me to go back where I came from. She also told me that they are a certain type of...

Hi, I’m a stay at home mom and I have a confession to make: I miss my job. You see, I’ve been a working mom the last five years. While I worked full-time as a high school English teacher, my twin...

Like all parents, I want my son to have a good school year. I want him to make friends, excel academically, enjoy athletics, and have a great year all around. But as an allergy mom, there is one more...

Like most military families, we’ve had our fair share of difficult moves. There was the time morning sickness began on day two of our long journey; the time our inconsolable daughter was assured by the movers that her favorite...

One of the most stressful decisions we make as parents is where to send our children to school. If you are a military family, you do it more often than our country holds presidential elections. Our children start a new...

Remember when your role in back-to-school shopping meant begging your mom to let you have a sweet new Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper and Five Star Notebooks? Such decadence. As summer comes to a close and a new school year approaches,...

It’s almost time for the early morning wake ups, school bus, drop off lines, endless amounts of school supplies and, inevitably, the pictures on social media of perfect school breakfasts and lunches. Please get away from me with those school...